Alina-Ondine Slimovschi

Born in 1982, Timişoara, Romania.
Based in Timişoara, Romania.

"My current artistic interest is focused on the young feminine figure, not as a portrait but as an archetypal vehicle for different human emotions as well as for certain aspects of metamorphosis. Delicate faces, nostalgic eyes searching the horizon, expressions of fear, hope, honesty, trust, disappointment, love, passion, regrets and expectations with only a glimpse of the unbreakable feminine strength behind them.

I use narrative driven images with symbolic twists and turns embedded with elements from the mineral world, plants and fauna, all are interwoven to act as reflections of my personal epiphanies. My work reveals my interest in the escapism and melancholy of the 19th century Romantic aesthetics and the contemporary social environment- a melancholic attitude towards the lost spiritual values, as well as a deep interest for what lies beneath the surface of daily life."

2014 - Doctor in Fine Arts, West University of Timisoara, Arts and Design Faculty
2004 – 2006 Master Degree in Contemporary Visual Arst at West University of Timisoara, Arts and Design Faculty
2000 – 2004 License Degree in Painting, West University of Timisoara, Arts and Design Faculty

Solo (Selection)
2018 – “Confessions” , Artyourself Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2017 – “Beyond Fragile”, Schloss Wiespach Gallery, Hallein, Austria
2012 – “Two Rooms”, Machina Gallery, Rieti, Italy
2011 – “Heartbeat”, D’Ancona Budis Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

Group (Selection)
2019 - "Visual Arts Salon", the 89th edition, Art Museum, Timisoara, Romania
2019 - "Contemporania", Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2019 - "Seeing Red", Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2018 – “Woman All Too Woman”, Museum of Art, Timisoara, Romania
2015 – “Romanian artists from Banat”, Art IX-XI Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010 – “In the Middle of Things”, Calina Gallery, Timişoara, Romania
2009 – “The Absurd in Visual Arts – tribute to Eugene Ionesco”, Helios Gallery, Timişoara, Romania
2008 – “Sânzienele”, Esztergom, Hungary
2008 – “Orient Express”, Romanian Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary
2006 – “New Wave”, Romanian Cultural Institute Gyula, Hungary

Art Fairs (Selection)
2014 – Art Safari, Bucharest, Romania
2010 – European Fair of Contemporary Art “ST-ART”, Strasbourg, France

Awards:
First Prize at the International Contest of Painting, Pecs, Hungary, 2008
Publications:
Claudio Scorretti. Cosmin Năsui, “...